A Cambridgeshire shop manager crashed his car into a tree after losing control in the snow - only to return later to find it had disappeared.

Matthew Alexander, who is from March, was driving his silver Vauxhall Astra to work along the B1101 between Friday Bridge and Coldham, when he lost control and skidded into a dyke at around 8.45am on Saturday (February 2).

He claims his car was subsequently stolen after he left it at the scene and got a lift to work from his friend.

He left his car at the scene and his friend picked up and took him to work.

The front of the vehicle was damaged

Matthew, who is a manager at Phoenix Electric Cigarettes in March, left work early to check on his car later that day.

He collected some belongings from the vehicle and moved the car away from the tree and into a field, next to a farmer's fence.

He called the police on 101 and reported the incidence via an online form.

But at 9am yesterday (February 3), he returned to the same place and saw that his car had gone.

“All that remained was some smashed glass on the floor, I instantly drove to the gates of the farm and spoke to the manager over intercom," he explained.

“He informed me that it was still there at 9pm and they had no idea who had moved it.

Matthew Alexander claims his crashed car has been stolen

“I was rather shocked at this point.

"I then drove to work and rang the police to see if they or the council had removed my vehicle, I was informed that because it was actually on private land the council nor the police would have intervened and taken it away.

"This only left the option of it being stolen.

“The police then filed it as a stolen vehicle.

“I put a post on Facebook and the response was superb. A lot of people that saw it happen or were at the scene afterwards gave me some great information."